Smoke seen from building chimney but no fire found, Cleveland TN


Firefighters responded to a building after a fire alarm caused evacuation. They observed smoke coming from a large stack on the roof. Maintenance staff confirmed this smoke was normal exhaust for the area. No signs of fire or danger were found.
Audio|Source: Bradley County & Cleveland Fire
02:29
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3 is on scene. Agent 3 will be Old Tassau Road Command.
00:06
The occupants of the building have evacuated, we'll be out investigating.
00:12
No copy.
00:17
Agent 3 is on scene. We'll be standing by a hideer.
00:21
212.
00:27
I'm on scene.
00:29
Take copy.
00:35
Two-tanned engine three officer.
00:39
Oh yes.
00:45
Joe, I'm on the back side of the building over here. I don't know if it's just one of the ventilation systems running.
00:52
There's smoke or something coming out of the top of the building.
00:58
Can you advise on anything on the inside?
01:02
I'm with maintenance, making our way to where the alarm is.
01:06
He advises that would be normal exhaust,
01:11
but he can go check it out.
01:15
Okay, yeah, I'm just walking around the building. It just looked a little abnormal.
01:21
I just wanted to make sure you were aware of it and I was trying to figure out where it was coming from.
01:30
The alarm, the active alarm is showing a duct detector.
01:36
This is going to be probably the C or BC or BD side of the building.
01:51
Correction BC, corner of the building.
01:55
Yeah, I'm making my way back there now.
01:58
Trying to get a little better visual on the roof area.
02:02
Two-ten engine three. What I'm seeing is coming out of this larger stack over here on the 20th Street side. It just appeared to be more than normal.
02:17
The advice that was common for that area.
02:23
Yeah, so he is advising that that's common for that area.
02:28
Copy.
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Cleveland, TN
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